Lexmark Optra Color 45 User Manual page 83

Using Your Printer
Paper Menu Selections (Continued)
Menu Item
PAPER TYPE
* Factory default
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Chapter 3: Using the Operator Panel and Menus
Values and Functions of the Menu Items
• Manual Env Type
- Envelope*
- Custom Type 1
- Custom Type 2
- Custom Type 3
The PAPER TYPE setting lets you specify the type of print material
installed in each paper source. This setting is used by the printer in the
following ways:
• Enables the printer to optimize print quality for the specified print
material.
• Enables you to select paper sources through your software application
by selecting only a type and size. A source selection is unnecessary.
• Enables the printer to automatically link paper sources. Any sources that
contain the same type and size of print material are automatically linked
by the printer.
Use the Manual Pap Type selection when manually feeding a single sheet
of print material through the manual feed slot.
Use the Manual Env Type selection when manually feeding a single
envelope through the manual feed slot.
Custom Type 1 - 3 refers to special types of print materials. You can change
the names through a utility, such as MarkVision. For more information on
setting the Custom Type names, see CUSTOM TYPES on page 67.
If you are using different print material in the paper sources, each source
with a different print material must have the PAPER TYPE set to a unique
value to disable the automatic linking feature. For example, if you have
plain paper, labels, and transparencies loaded in the printer, you need to set
the paper type for each source. Otherwise, if paper source becomes empty,
the printer selects print material from another source since the printer sees
the trays as linked. This might cause a one-page letter to print on a sheet of
labels or on a transparency.